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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Box and Lid

1522-1566 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Box and lid of porcelain. Depressed globular form, painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a peach-tree laden with fruit with branches twisted into the form of the character Shou (longevity); branches of the same tree occupy panels ranged round the shoulder of the cover and the side of the box.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Brief description
Box and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566)
Physical description
Box and lid of porcelain. Depressed globular form, painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a peach-tree laden with fruit with branches twisted into the form of the character Shou (longevity); branches of the same tree occupy panels ranged round the shoulder of the cover and the side of the box.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 19.1cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da ming Jiajing nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
Translation
Made in the Jiajing period of the great Ming dynasty
Credit line
Given from the Bloxam Collection
Production
Register
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose. Chinese art and design : the T. T. Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art., London: V&A Publications, 1991, photo p. 95.
Other number
Loan no. 246
Collection
Accession number
C.128&A-1928

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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